French Privateer 'L'Invincible Napoléon' (1802)

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L'Invincible Napoléon
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1802	ref:692
Home Port	Bayonne - Aquitaine	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Captured	17.4.1813	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British ship 'Invincible Napoléon' (1813) (16) 1813-1814 British 16 Gun Unrated Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen311French Tonneaux305.448

Armament

1802Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck16 French Canons de Fonte

1809Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

1810Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck17 French Canons de Fonte

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1809 - 1813/04/17ref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180286 ref:692
1809143 ref:692
1810105 ref:692

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1807Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921809 - 1810Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921810 - 17.4.1813Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1809

Took the ships "Mary Anne" , "Marie Thérèse" and "Huron"

ref:692
1810

From 1810 to 1811 , took under Captain Jorlis , 9 ships

ref:692
17.4.1813Taken by in the Bay of Biscayref:720

Notes on Ship

Date ??ref:692

1802 ?? error typo 1812

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:720 Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Friday 14th of July 2017 14:44

Demirlac #2361 p.292
3 masts ship form Bayonne
armed in Spring 1804
In 1809 311tx 143 men 14 guns

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